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.22LR shotshells - video with pattern and penetration test
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 11:27 pm
by PrecisionGunnerUK
Hi folks
Might be interesting for some of you, I was given a box of CCI .22lr shotshells a while ago when I bought some guns from a relative of mine. (I'm not daft enough to buy them myself!)
Anyhoo, I've done a little video shooting them out of my long barrel pistol which shows the pattern at close range. Plus a bonus penetration test on ballistic spuds. I don't have ballistic gel, so I raided the cupboard.
Linky on the Tube of You :
https://youtu.be/LLnmMpdN-tI
Wasn't sure if this should be in General or Reloading and Ammunition - apologies to Admin if it's not in the right section.
Cheers!
Paul M.
Re: .22LR shotshells - video with pattern and penetration te
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 5:22 am
by ovenpaa
I have a good handfull of rimfire shot shells here however I am yet to shoot them and they are as a curio only. They are probably 1950's and have a cardboard cap in the end of the case. Ask Maggot about his escapades when rendering such things inert
Re: .22LR shotshells - video with pattern and penetration te
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 6:43 am
by Mezzer
PrecisionGunnerUK wrote:Hi folks
Might be interesting for some of you, I was given a box of CCI .22lr shotshells a while ago when I bought some guns from a relative of mine. (I'm not daft enough to buy them myself!)
Anyhoo, I've done a little video shooting them out of my long barrel pistol which shows the pattern at close range. Plus a bonus penetration test on ballistic spuds. I don't have ballistic gel, so I raided the cupboard.
Linky on the Tube of You :
https://youtu.be/LLnmMpdN-tI
Wasn't sure if this should be in General or Reloading and Ammunition - apologies to Admin if it's not in the right section.
Cheers!
Paul M.
Interesting! Thanks Paul.
Mezzer
Re: .22LR shotshells - video with pattern and penetration te
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 6:59 am
by Duey
I take it these were designed for humane dispatch of captured vermin with relative minimal risk for ricochet
Very interesting video
Duey
Re: .22LR shotshells - video with pattern and penetration te
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 7:20 am
by safetyfirst
Interesting video! I'd always wondered what they did!
Re: .22LR shotshells - video with pattern and penetration te
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 8:57 am
by TattooedGun
Duey wrote:I take it these were designed for humane dispatch of captured vermin with relative minimal risk for ricochet
Very interesting video
Duey
I've got a friend in vermin control who uses them for shooting birds/squirrels in confined spaces such as attics where use of .22lr would over penetrate and damage the property...
Re: .22LR shotshells - video with pattern and penetration te
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 11:29 am
by PrecisionGunnerUK
safetyfirst wrote:Interesting video! I'd always wondered what they did!
Yep, me too - now I know!
No doubt they will pattern better from a smoothbore .22 or a rifled barrel longer than 12 inches. But as I don't own a .22 smoothbore and the LBP was in my kit bag on the day ... why not.
If I get a chance I'll test pattern from a standard length rifle, might be a while though due to working for a living getting in the way.
Cheers!